By TOSHIYUKI MABUCHI/ Staff Writer
December 23, 2021 at 07:10 JST
A picture from a photo album left by Kiyoshi Nagata shows pilot Shigemitsu Nagatomo, left, and Nagata as a flight engineer. It was captioned “Before departure of a flight to Mount Hakutosan (Paektu Mountain in the Korean Peninsula).” The year when it was taken is unknown. (Provided by Fumiko Nagata)
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